now, we wait.
maybe soon this will be ours.....
1/26/2010
1/21/2010
DAY TWO, 2010.
the inspections.
please please please, let it go well.....
we already know we must run more electricity throughout the entire store, it has never been touched and is all "knob-and-tube". which is way cool btw, but not equipped to handle our plans for the shop. the lights work, but they are so olde school. we have already factored that as an additional expense, to upgrade the wiring while maintaining the integrity and look of the original store, but..... the rest is hiding from us, and honey called in some experts.
tomorrow morning we will venture up to the store for our scheduled contractors meetings with a plumber, a roofer and the electrician. it's going to be a huge learning experience, but we need to know our additional costs to get our store up and running.
the idea of returning the store to it's 1900's history is going to be so much fun..... i feel like the store is ours already, but we are not even close. did i just say "ours"?? i had no idea how emotional real estate is, and i am already "attached". here is a photo when our place was the town drugstore and soda fountain. did i mention the original fountain, handmade wood counter, floors and tin ceiling are still in the shop??
anxiously awaiting tomorrow's adventure,
jenn
please please please, let it go well.....
we already know we must run more electricity throughout the entire store, it has never been touched and is all "knob-and-tube". which is way cool btw, but not equipped to handle our plans for the shop. the lights work, but they are so olde school. we have already factored that as an additional expense, to upgrade the wiring while maintaining the integrity and look of the original store, but..... the rest is hiding from us, and honey called in some experts.
tomorrow morning we will venture up to the store for our scheduled contractors meetings with a plumber, a roofer and the electrician. it's going to be a huge learning experience, but we need to know our additional costs to get our store up and running.
the idea of returning the store to it's 1900's history is going to be so much fun..... i feel like the store is ours already, but we are not even close. did i just say "ours"?? i had no idea how emotional real estate is, and i am already "attached". here is a photo when our place was the town drugstore and soda fountain. did i mention the original fountain, handmade wood counter, floors and tin ceiling are still in the shop??
anxiously awaiting tomorrow's adventure,
jenn
dalton's drugstore and soda fountain, circa approx late1920's.
1/15/2010
DAY ONE, 2010.
a new blog.
a new life with my love. we had so many ideas during the wedding, honeymoon, and in the new year... driving and traveling and dreaming away. what are we going to do so we can have our freedom back? the burning question i have been trying to answer before i am completely smothered by this "real" job.
everytime i started thinking about the t-shirts, the more i thought about our registry. and the farm. it's just a better idea all around and we kinda had to work through that and figure out what we were looking for. a small inspiring place to work, and one we can afford. i'm so excited to think about working with my love. and being in the country every weekend. and eventually every day.
everytime i started thinking about the t-shirts, the more i thought about our registry. and the farm. it's just a better idea all around and we kinda had to work through that and figure out what we were looking for. a small inspiring place to work, and one we can afford. i'm so excited to think about working with my love. and being in the country every weekend. and eventually every day.
i think we found it. i thought it would be in the catskills, but alas it is not.
the space does define you, and it inspires me. our space together is everything, and i can't wait to build that with my love.
the space is the beginning. i can't wait to share our time with all of you.
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